Wednesday, March 11, 2009

My friend, Shim.

By all accounts, this dummy looks like a man. A mouth breather, but nice teeth. He hangs out in a hospital bed in the back of our classroom.
So one day, my classmate Jessica and I were practicing vital signs...and of course, we giggle about the pH of pee pee and rectal temperature parameters and other potty medical stuff. So, our curiousity got the best of us...sure, we do NOT practice rectals...but what if we had to do that on the dummy? Does he have....well...ok, a butt hole?
We had to find out.

Quietly we lifted his hospital sheet and then his gown. EEEEEEEEEKKKKK! OMG. He has a VAGINA. Holy toledo. We quickly inform our teacher about our horrifying discovery, and she calmly tells us that yes....he's a SHIM...a she and a him...removable parts. He's just, um, she's just sporting the female thing today.
My friend Jessica has the biggest, bluest eyes and they almost popped out of her head. Well, we both had the best laugh of the week. I mean, WHO KNEW?

Now, poor Shim has his legs removed and his man parts on and is thrown on top of a cupboard, thankfully still in the back of the room. And I continue on, finishing my pre-reqs and waiting for my acceptance letter. What a trip.

4 comments:

Patti said...

Yep, I used to be an Admin. Asst. for the Health Sciences Division at a Community College in Florida. We also had a "he-she" with removable parts. The nursing students had such fun with their "Shim"! I don't recall if they had named him/her but I imagine they did. Too funny!! :)

Lee Purdum Lehman said...

Doesn't everybody????? (Hahahahaha!)

Never Say Never Greyhounds said...

Hmmmm.... Wow. :-)

Jen

Heather said...

It's obvious that his name should be Pat, right? LOL.